Action arrived on the river as the board read 7♥J♥Q♣2♣6♠. Paul Amsellem bet 3,500 from under the gun.
Viet Vo was in the cutoff and raised it up to 15,000. Amsellem took his time to think it over before eventually calling.
Vo tabled K♥J♣ for the pair of jacks which was good as Amsellem mucked to be left with a few big blinds.
Jorge Hou raised in early position to 500 and Marcelo Lopes three-bet to 1,700 and Ayman Qutami four-bet all in for 58,000 and Hou folded and Lopes made the call.
Marcelo Lopes: A♣Q♠ 
Ayman Qutami: A♦A♥
8♠5♦Q♦3♠9♠ was the board runout and aces were safe and Lopes was eliminated.
Daniel Couzens moved all in preflop and was called by Rodney Pinkham, everyone else departed from the hand.
Daniel Couzens: 7x7x
Rodney Pinkham: AxKx
The flop came Qx3x6x safe for Couzens, the turn was the Jx and the river the 10x to bring in Broadway for Pinkham and bust Couzens.
The blinds went heads-up with Chad Eveslage all in for his remaining 34,000 stack.
Chad Eveslage: A♦K♥
Opponent: 2♦2♥
The 8♥K♦6♦ flop came Eveslage's way as he hit top pair, and the 7♠ 9♠ runout secured him the double.
Kristopher Burchfield raised to 5,500 from early position and Jose Latorre defended his big blind.
The flop came 2♥2♦J♥ and both players were quick to check.
While the turn peeled the 5♠, Latorre led out for 9,000. Burchfield made the call.
The river was the 7♥ and both players checked their action. Burchfield revealed 4♦4♥ to take the pot.
Nível: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
The tournament has officially started.
Registration remains open until the end of the first level of play.
Nível: 21
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Translated from Japanese by Google:
Second time at the WSOP. Got through Day 1 safely.
$3,000 MID-STAKES CHAMPIONSHIP NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM
Day1-Flight B
40,000 → 169,500
Although there was a slight downturn at the end and losses, overall it was an upturn on the day.
Hopefully tomorrow will be another upswing!
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